Bethesda Summer Showdown 2024
- Date
- Jun 29, 2024
- City
- Bethesda, Maryland, United States
- Venue
North Bethesda Middle School
- Address
- 8935 Bradmoor Dr, Bethesda, MD 20817
- Details
Cafeteria
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizer
- Eric Hsu
- WCA Delegates
- Brayden Adams, José Leonardo Chaparro Prieto, Pierce Tickle, Stone Payne, and Zach Ridall
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This competition is recognized as an official World Cube Association competition. Therefore, all competitors must be familiar with the WCA regulations. If you are new to competing, please refer to the Competition Procedures tab.
This competition is being held in the Mid-Atlantic Region (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA, VA, WV). See the regions on CubingUSA's website.
- Join the Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Discord server
- Join the Tri-State Cubing Facebook group (NJ, NY, PA)
- See the Mid-Atlantic Region Organizational Spreadsheet
- See upcoming competitions:
- in Delaware
- in Maryland
- in New Jersey
- in New York
- in Pennsylvania
- in Virginia
- in West Virginia
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 90
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.Create a WCA account here if you don't have one.
If this is not your first competition, associate your WCA ID to your WCA account here.
Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 100 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $20 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 50% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Please keep in mind that registrations are approved manually after payment, so your registration may not be approved immediately.
Your registration is not complete until your registration fee has been paid.
All competitiors must read the "Competitor Responsibilities" tab.WAITLIST INFORMATION:
If the competitor limit of LIMIT has been reached, you can still register and pay the registration fee to secure a spot on the waitlist. During the registration period, any competitor can cancel their registration and allow the first person on the waitlist to take their spot. If you find that you cannot make it to the competition after registering, please contact us so that we can maximize attendance.
All registrants still on the waitlist after the registration period will have their registrations deleted, and will be fully refunded.
We may completely close registration if the waitlist becomes very large. - Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Brayden Adams won with an average of 7.40 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Waden Cho finished second (8.21) and Sanzhar Beisembayev finished third (8.26).
Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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3x3x3 Cube | Brayden Adams | 6.26 | 7.40 | United States | 7.57 | 6.26 | 7.91 | 6.72 | 8.68 | |||
2x2x2 Cube | Zayn Khanani | 1.06 | 1.28 | United States | 1.48 | 1.18 | 1.06 | 4.65 | 1.19 | |||
4x4x4 Cube | Waden Cho | 25.35 | 26.44 | United States | 25.35 | 37.87 | 27.36 | 26.04 | 25.93 | |||
Clock | Eric Hsu | 5.16 | 5.70 | United States | 5.16 | 5.16 | 6.27 | 7.19 | 5.67 | |||
Square-1 | Hassan Khanani | 4.64 | 6.54 | United States | 8.56 | 5.71 | 5.88 | 4.64 | 8.03 |
ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING
For First-Time Competitors
All newcomers must be familiar with the WCA Regulations before competing. This video gives a basic overview of the rules. In addition, please read this document before coming to the competition.
For All Competitors
When you arrive, you will receive a card with personalized information detailing your events and what group you will be competing in for each event. In addition, you will also have judging/scrambling/running assignments on your card. Every competitor is expected to help out during the event(s) they are registered for. The card will look like the following:
If you do not arrive to help during your scheduled event, and there are not enough staff members, we reserve the right to disqualify you from competing.
Groups and live results links will be posted here at a later date.
Venue Address: North Bethesda Middle School, 8935 Bradmoor Dr, Bethesda, MD 20817
Parking: There are multiple parking areas on the front and sides of the school. The cafeteria is on the right side when facing the front. Doors are marked in red.
Food: Although there isn't much within walking distance, there are many restaurants that are a few miles away, like Chipotle, Subway, etc.
The Walter Johnson crew team will also be there to sell food - all proceeds of which will go back towards the school.
Registration Process
Before You Register
All prospective registrants need a WCA account. New competitors can create their own WCA account by clicking here and entering the required information.
How to Register Online
Prospective competitors register by:
1. Signing into their WCA account;
2. Clicking "Register" on the left side of this webpage, selecting the events they would like to compete in, and submitting their registration;
3. Paying the registration fee of $20.00. (The registration fee is the same regardless of how many events are selected.) Your registration is not complete until you have paid the registration fee.
The competitor limit for this competition is 100. The list of approved competitors can be found by clicking "Competitors" on the left side of this webpage. If there are already 100 competitors on that list, it means the competition is full, and any future registrants will be placed on the waitlist.
Competitors MUST register and pay online in order to compete. No at-the-door registrations or payments will be accepted.
Any requested changes to registration before Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 11:59 PM EDT will be honored. Your registration is not complete until your name shows up on the list.
How to Pay for Registration Online
Payment is processed through Stripe. Click on the "Register" tab on the left side of the webpage to register and pay all in one place! You can start the payment process by clicking "Pay your fees with card."
Refunds
Approved competitors who cancel their registration before Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 11:59 PM EDT are eligible for a refund for half (50%) of their registration cost. After this date, no refund requests will be honored. Attempting to file a chargeback for the registration fee will lead to being blacklisted from future WCA events.
Waitlist Information
We will be keeping a waitlist for this competition. To secure a place on the waitlist once 100 competitors have paid, simply pay the registration fee. If a competitor emails us to drop out before Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 11:59 PM EDT, you will be notified if you are the next competitor on the waitlist. After that deadline, all remaining competitors on the waitlist will be emailed letting them know they did not get off the waitlist and will be fully refunded.
TheCubicle will be providing prizes for the winners!
This competition is being held in the Mid-Atlantic Region (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA, VA, WV). See the regions on CubingUSA's website.
- Join the Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Discord server
- Join the Tri-State Cubing Facebook group (NJ, NY, PA)
- See the Mid-Atlantic Region Organizational Spreadsheet
- See upcoming competitions:
- in Delaware
- in Maryland
- in New Jersey
- in New York
- in Pennsylvania
- in Virginia
- in West Virginia
Walter Johnson Crew will bring food for sale! Donuts, pastries, and coffee in the morning, pizza and soft drinks for lunch, and snacks throughout the day. All proceeds benefit the nonprofit WJ Crew team.
Our competitor limit of 100 has filled up! If you register + pay now, your registration will show up on this list, and when a spot opens the top competitor on the list will be moved from the waitlist to the competitor list.
Waitlist:
- Benjamin M.
- Owen Z.
- Nathan N.
- Daniel M.
- Adam M.
- Carl S.
- Nathan B.
- Fred Z.
- Ethan K.
- Umar Z.
- Jaejun K.
- Kyuri K.
- Jayden C.
- Jeffrey C.
- Kai F.
- Russell E.
- Amay N.
- Bryan D.
- Jesse G.
- Ethan G.
- Isaiah G.
- Mehmet A.
- Shashwat S.
- Joseph A.
- Ivan C.
- Emmet G.
- Christopher W.
Time limit
If you reach the time limit during your solve, the judge will stop you and your result will be DNF (see Regulation A1a4).
Cutoff
The result to beat to proceed to the second phase of a cutoff round (see Regulation 9g).
Format
The format describes how to determine the ranking of competitors based on their results. The list of allowed formats per event is described in Regulation 9b. See Regulation 9f for a description of each format.